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Fixes an issue that occurs when the Win32_Environment WMI class is queried by multiple requestors on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. When this issue occurs, you receive a "0x80041001 (WBEM_E_FAILED)" error code.

Remote Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) connections are blocked even though the third-party firewall that owns the policy is configured to allow the connections. This issue occurs in the following operating systems: Windows 10. Windows 8.1. Windows Server 2012 R2.

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This article describes an issue in which Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service crashes in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, or Windows Server 2012. An update is available to fix this issue.

The versions of Windows that are listed at the beginning of this article include a command-line utility (Wmic.exe) to access Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Previously, an end user would generally write a script to gather information by means of WMI.

This issue occurs when you run Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) queries in a third-party WMI provider in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012. If the third-party WMI provider has any memory leaks, WMI queries may fail in the WMI provider.

Fixes an issue in which the CPU usage of the Svchost.exe process that hosts the WMI service (Winmgmt) hits 100%. Or, the computer takes too much time for the startup process to occur. Occurs during Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) repository verification on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

In the Active Directory domain environment, you apply a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) filter to a Group Policy object (GPO). If a client computer is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, then the GPO does not take effect on this computer.

Fixes an issue in which the WMI service and the WMI providers stop responding when you use WMI performance classes to monitor performance on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.